Bengaluru:
College students at a government-aided faculty in Karnataka’s Mandya district have been directed to take away their hijab earlier than getting into the campus Monday, in accordance with an interim Excessive Court docket order final week that stated academic establishments can re-open however no non secular clothes could be allowed.
Visuals shared by information company ANI present a lady (presumably a trainer) stopping college students carrying hijabs on the faculty gates and ordering one pupil to “take away that, take away that”.
The video additionally exhibits some mother and father arguing as their youngsters are stopped from getting into the varsity.
After a heated dialogue the women eliminated the hijab (and carrying only a face masks, consistent with Covid protocols) and entered the varsity premises.
One man – who appeared to be the daddy of two ladies – held out for some time, until the girl had an prolonged dialogue with him (the dialog itself was unclear) and he relented, permitting his youngsters to take away the hijabs and attend faculty.
#WATCH | Ok’taka: Argument b/w mother and father & a trainer outdoors Rotary College in Mandya as she requested college students to take off hijab earlier than getting into campus
A dad or mum says,”Requesting to permit college students in classroom, hijab could be taken off after that however they are not permitting entry with hijab” pic.twitter.com/0VS57tpAw0
— ANI (@ANI) February 14, 2022
Additionally, a Class 9 pupil at a government-run faculty in Udupi informed NDTV there she and a classmate had each needed to take away their hijabs to attend class.
Karnataka schools (up to Class 10) re-opened today amid controversy over the state barring Muslim college students from carrying a hijab throughout lessons. Lessons 11 and 12 are closed until Wednesday.
Petitions towards the ban are being argued within the Excessive Court docket, which resumes its listening to at 2.30 pm.
Final week the court docket stated faculties and faculties may reopen (shut final week by the state “to keep up peace and concord”) however no non secular clothes, together with hijabs, could be allowed.
Forward of as we speak’s lessons, orders banning massive gatherings have been introduced in a number of districts, together with Udupi, Mangaluru and Shivamogga. Police have additionally taken out flag marches in a present of energy in a number of cities, together with Udupi and Shivamogga.
Controversy over Muslim college students barred from carrying the hijab started in December after six ladies from Karnataka’s Udupi district voiced their issues. They then approached the Excessive Court docket.
Since then it has snowballed into a big matter, with the Supreme Court docket additionally approached.
Nevertheless, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana stated: “We’ll intervene solely at an acceptable time.”
Protests have escalated quickly over the previous few weeks; final week a younger pupil in Mandya was heckled by saffron-waving male aggressors shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and there have been incidents of stone-throwing and police firing teargas to interrupt up crowds.
Aside from triggering political debates (with communal overtones) in India, the row has additionally been flagged by worldwide figures like Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai and French footballer Paul Pogba.
With enter from ANI